trifle away
Example Sentences
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The philosophy of society is so practical that it is not allowed, even to a young Duke, absolutely to trifle away existence.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It made me also angry with myself to think that I should have no more wit but to trifle away my time till my soul and heaven were lost.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Life is not so long, nor happiness so common, that we can afford to trifle away two years of it.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard
I understand that Dona Dolores is fond of music, although she tells me that I trifle away my time by practising it.”
From In New Granada Heroes and Patriots by Kingston, William Henry Giles
To trifle away time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts.
From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert
